North Carolina School for the Deaf - Clock Tower Yearbook (Morganton, NC)

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in school twelve years. She has been promoted every year and has done very good work. She has a sweet disposition and has won many friends. She has learned to swim and has stood the Junior Red Cross Life Saving test. She has played on the first basketball team for five years. She was a Girl Scout for two years. She has been taught to sew and cook. She has helped her mother make dresses during her summer vaca- tions. She wants to be a dressmaker. She is fond of reading, especially Western stories. She was nineteen years old in April. Elsie Readling comes from Cornelius, Meck- lenburg County. She lost her hearing as the result of whooping cough when she was five weeks old. Her parents heard about this school from Kathleen Knox, the deaf daughter of one of their neighbors. Kathleen brought Elsie to school with her in the fall of 1925. She has not lost any time from school as her health has been excellent. When she was in the fourth grade she became a Girl Scout. A year later she successfully passed the Junior Red Cross Life Saving test. Basketball is her favorite sport. She has played on the first basketball team for two years. She liked algebra best of all her studies. Her favorite past time is reading. She has a very sweet disposition and is a general favorite. She has been trained in sewing and cooking. When she leaves school, she wants to be a dressmaker till she has a home of her own. Lillian McCorquodale is from Durham. She was born deaf. Her mother was a former pupil of this school, but her father is a hearing man. She has one deaf sister who finished school several years ago. Lillian entered school in 1924 and has come to school regularly. She is the most athletic girl in school. She played on the first basketball team for several years and is an excellent swimmer. She spends her leisure time reading, crocheting and taking pictures. She has been taught sewing, cooking and general housekeeping and hopes to be a dressmaker. Luther Yerton is from Concord. He was born totally deaf. He is the son of deaf parents. His father attended the School for the Deaf when it was in Raleigh and his mother, who was Miss Ada Phillips, attended school first in Raleigh then here. Luther has two deaf sisters, both younger than he. He entered school in 1925 and has been regular in his attendance. He has been promoted every year and ranks among the third highest in his class. He has a good disposi- tion and has given very little trouble to those in authority over him. He enjoys outdoor sports and all kinds of games. He has played football, basketball and baseball. He likes to swim and go on hikes. He enjoys going to moving pictures but his chief recreation is reading the paper. He has worked in the printing office for four years and has been trained as a linotypist. He wants to get a position as a linotype operator when he leaves here. Joseph Blaylock comes from Canton. His deafness was caused by a rising in his head when he was eight months old. He did not enter school till he was eight years old. He and Max Brown have been in the same class during all of their school life. He entered school in 1924. Miss Scott was his first teacher. He had to repeat the tenth grade work as there was no graduating class in 1935. He is fond of sports. Football is his favorite game. He played on the first football team for several years but had to stop playing as he hurt his cheek bone. He likes to go to the moving pictures and reading the paper is his favorite past time. He worked in the tailor shop for several years but he did not like the work. This year he has been working in the boiler room. His ambition is to get a position with the Champion Fiber Company at his home town.

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Hobbies a Catherine Moore’s hobby is crocheting sweat- ers, collars and cuffs, pocket books and mats. She is a movie fan and knows most of the actors and actresses. She likes to cook but is averse to sewing. Maxine Walker’s hobby is collecting recipes and household suggestions. She has two note books full of these at home. She spends her leisure time sewing and reading. Elsie Readling likes to take snap shots and has several albums full of them. She spends a good deal of time crocheting pocket books, sweat- ers and other pretty things. Laverne Palmer’s hobby is collecting recipes from magazines and papers and pasting them in notebeooks and scrap books. She hopes to use them when she has a home of her own. Lilian McCorquodale’s hobbies are taking pictures and crocheting. She has crocheted several sets of mats for her aunt and sister and has quite a collection of pictures of her friends to remind her of her school days. Max Brown’s principal hobby is taking pic- tures. He enjoys riding a bicycle and reading magazines and newspapers. Hayward Wright’s chief enjoyment is hunting. He likes to experiment with electrical apparatus and sometimes gets a shock. Joseph Blaylock’s hobby is drawing. He would like to be a sign painter. He is fond of playing such games as rook and checkers. Luther Yerton’s hobby is taking pictures. He has a knack for carpentry and has made some bookcases and cabinets for his home. NAME NICKNAME PET EXPRESSION AMBITION | Joseph Blaylock Jo Jo “Foolish” Sign painting Max Brown Ape “What for?” Linotyping Lillian McCorquodale | Lily of the Valley “Mind your business” Dressmaking Catherine Moore Piggy SD Aarneiins Story writing Laverne Palmer Cry Baby “Poor thing!” Housekeeping Elsie Readling Baby moill yas Beauty culture Maxine Walker Maxie “Worthless” Dressmaking Hayward Wright Hay “Whor Me?” Linotyping Luther Yerton Luke “What?” Linotyping